BUDGET SPEECH 2018/19
27 July 2018Today, the Financial Secretary, Dax Richards, delivered the 2018/19 Budget Speech for St Helena. In his opening remarks, the Financial Secretary said: “It has been a challenging budget process,...
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WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES – LANDSCAPE BULKY WASTE PROGRAMME, JAMESTOWN
26 July 2018Waste Management Services (WMS) continued their Landscape Bulky Waste Programme during June and July 2018, remediating and improving the landscape of bulky waste in the Jamestown area. This included the...
FORMAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING – FRIDAY, 27 JULY 2018
25 July 2018The first sitting of the seventh meeting of Legislative Council will take place on Friday, 27 July 2018, at 10am, in the Council Chamber. The meeting is expected to continue...
SEA RESCUE SERVICE AUXILIARY TRAINING
25 July 2018The Sea Rescue Service has recently recruited three new auxiliary personnel who will become active members of the current team once they have passed the training requirements. Training sessions are...
NEW TUNA TAGGING PROGRAMME GETS UNDERWAY
24 July 2018The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT), under the Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Programme (AOTTP), has funded a Tuna Tagging Programme, focused on the waters of...
ST HELENA’S FIRST EVER DIETICIAN – A LOOK AT THE NUTRITION & DIETETICS FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE
24 July 2018Dietician Gina Giebner established the first Nutrition & Dietetics Service for the Health Directorate on St Helena in April 2017. It seems like a good time now to look back...
HELPING STAFF GET HEALTHY!
24 July 2018NEW SHG PROGRAMME TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE WELLBEING A St Helena Government (SHG) -wide programme – ‘Workforce Wellbeing’ – will start in each of SHG’s Directorates from Wednesday, 1 August 2018....
PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ OPEN DAYS 2018
24 July 2018As another school year draws to a close, each of the Island’s three primary schools – Harford, Pilling and St Paul’s – will soon be hosting their annual Open Days....
ST HELENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORKING WITH COURSERA
23 July 2018The St Helena Community College (SHCC) can now offer students a wide range of online courses and qualifications via their partnership with Coursera. Coursera is an online education provider that...
DRAFT ST HELENA BUILDING REGULATIONS 2018
23 July 2018PUBLIC CONSULTATION STARTS THIS WEEK The draft St Helena Building Regulations 2018 will be out for public consultation from tomorrow, Tuesday 24 July, up until Tuesday, 21 August 2018. This...
EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING
23 July 2018WEDNESDAY, 18 JULY 2018 The monthly meeting of the Education Committee was held on Wednesday, 18 July 2018, and the following is a summary of the main items discussed: Primary...
AMENDMENT TO AGRICULTURAL WATER SUBSIDY POLICY – INCREASE IN SUBSIDY PAYMENTS
23 July 2018The Economic Development Committee has agreed a slight amendment to the Agricultural Water Subsidy Policy to reflect the increase in water tariffs by Connect Saint Helena Ltd from 1 July...